The iconic singer Mohammad Rafi, who had sung the immortal song Choti si mulaqat pyar ban gai, died on 31 July 1980, just after a week of the passing away of Uttam Kumar, the most popular star of Bengali films, who had lip-sung the song in the film Chhoti Si Mulaqat.
Manikbabur Megh (The Cloud and the Man), a film directed by Abhinandan Banerjee, explores the journey of a socially unfit man, going back to nature—where it all began—to uncover the entire existence of life, attaining a pursuit of purity in the process.
From adventure thriller and intense family drama to crime and romance, the slate of films is enormous. Here’s a list of Bengali films that should be in your watch-list this Puja.
Dev and Prasenjit Chatterjee have teamed up for Pathikrit Basu’s film ‘Kacher Manus’. Produced by Dev Entertainment Ventures, the film explores anecdotes of life.
‘Shimato’ witnesses a dark realism along the borders through the lens of the Intelligence Bureau team whose lives become inescapably intertwined while they strive for a mission.
Director Santanu Ghosh speaks about his new thriller Kolkatay Kohinoor and the painstaking research that went behind it
The social and political satire commenting on a range of issues through dark humour, had got clearance from CBFC and was running to packed houses before it was withdrawn from theatres
Singer and musician Anup Jalota talks about the rare poetic genre, its future and his other ventures
Kanchan Mallick will play Tenida in the film based on Narayan Gangopadhyay's 'Jhaubunglor Rahasya', which will be presented as a modern-day tale
In all, Mrinal Sen made 28 full length movies and four documentary films; he also authored six Bengali and English books on subjects related to films
